Saturday, 13 February 2016

Week 2 {HSMJ}

In my life this week…
It felt really great to be blogging again and journaling my school week. I was so pleased to read this article Is the ANZAC Spirit Dead? by Sydney Criminal Lawyers. Our family has been personally impacted by this very thing. It saddens me deeply that this is the case in Australia. There is NO ANZAC Spirit at all.

I think that pets are a vital part of a healthy childhood. Although as I get older I find I do not have the energy to keep up with keeping pets like cats, dogs and birds. I do however have a love for hermit crabs. I think they are the cutest things ever! Last weekend Paul purchased me a Krabooz and this week I was blessed with some new hermit crabs. They seem to be happy and Paul has managed to video one of them exchanging his home for a new one!

I also added in daily poetry reading. I've blown the dust off of Favorite Poems of Childhood. I loved reading this book to Timothy and Jane and am enjoying introducing them once again to Nathaniel. It's rather interesting hearing a child with ASD's perspective on poetry ...

I was a little shocked (and at the same time not shocked) after reading about the outworking of the Safe Schools Coalition program being implemented here in Victoria. "14-year-old son was told he could wear a dress to school and that
male-born students who identified as female could use the girls’ change
rooms and toilets." **Safe Schools
Coalition** "It’s being presented as an anti-bullying program but the
education department said it’s a sexual diversity program." ** Are you aware of this policy ? ** Did you know it is law and schools have to comply with it by 2018? Are your non-homeschooling friends aware of this policy ? Read more about it here: Mother pulls children from Frankston High School over transgender awareness rules

It's been a while since I've visited Erin at Seven Little Australians. It's been fun chatching up on what their family have been up to. I enjoyed her post on Reading to Teens and catching up on their new roof and continued extension journey to their home.

It amazes me how many younger people are starting to realize that social media is not true social interaction. Prince Ea has put up a video on YouTube with a gentle reminder: Can We Auto-Correct Humanity?

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I've heard so many good things about the Clarkson's new book - I'll have to add that to my reading list. Love the pile of history books - it looks very familiar (I'm pretty sure we read the exact same books for history a few years ago).

My youngest son has been asking for a hermit crab. I'm not big on pets because I know that will mean more work for me but I have been thinking of caving on this one because they do seem to be pretty low maintenance. He's currently listening to the Fellowship of the Ring as well; my husband has started reading it with him at bedtime.

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The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a mighty One, a Savior - Who saves! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in silent satisfaction and in His love He will be silent and make no mention of past sins, or even recall them; He will exult over you with singing.